Address card or the like



so, 1938. E. TBONDY 'BEY 21mm ADDRESS CARD OR THE LIKE Filed April 2,1957 FIG. 1.

Patented Aug. 30, 1938 Application April 2, 1937, Serial No. 134,604

' In Czechoslovakia March 9, 1934 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in or relating to cards orthe likefor use in addressing and like machines hereinafter referred toas address cards.

. Such'cards as hitherto produced have been 'made from acard with athickened or reinforced edge by cutting-out a central window andcovering this. with a special transparent skin, membrane or tissue, forexample so-called Japanese Joshina membrane, upon which the address orlike matter was written with a typewriter or the like'and could then beduplicated in known manner.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved addresscard having means for mounting an additional exchangeable card leafticket, or insert thereon for carrying additional data or informationsuch, for example, as"

despatch number, index number, remarks or the like which might besubject to alteration or variation.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an address cardhaving a transparent portion and a suitableframe or pocket in which aloose card, ticket leaf or insert can be placed.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an address cardhaving a transparent portion foraddressing purposes and a frame forvisibly holding a loose leaf, card, ticket orinsert, made from thematerial cut out from the window which receives the transparency.

'It is a further object of the invention to provide an address cardhaving a transparent portion and. a frame or pocket for visibly holdinga loose leaf, card, ticket or insert, the said frame being made in onepiece with the rest of the card by cutting and bending a portion of thecard to be removed from the part covered by the transparency. 4

It is a further object of the invention to providean address card of thesame dimensions as those used in known machines, but having means forexchangeably carrying additional data or information.

A frame, pocket, or the like for an exchangeable insert may, accordingto the invention, be arranged either atthe shorter side of thetransparent addressiwindow, i. e. as a continuation of the lines ofwriting or at the-longer side of this window so as to exchange a wholeline.

The frame, pocket, or the like in whichthe exchangeable inserts slidemay be constructed in one piece with the card by suitable bending andcutting-out when making the window. If desired, this pocket, frame orthe like may be produced separately and attached to the main card bysticking it on or fastening it in any suitable manner. The exchangeableinsert or member may be produced from transparent or opaque material andmay be produced from the same material as the card and may advantage-.ously be produced from the waste material produced'by cutting out thewindow in the said card, or it may also be produced from other suitablematerial such, for example, asmica,Celluloid,

light foil; if desired it may be produced similarly to the main windowof the card or leaf from transparent material, for example from JapaneseJoshina-skin and,- in this case, afterwards it may be written upon bytypewriter.

The pocket frame or the like will itself have a suitable window oraperture through which-the insert will be visible. The pocket frame orthe like may be disposed on the front or back of the card and may have awindow on one or both sides.

Two embodiments by way of example of an address card according to theinvention are shown in the accompanying drawing.

Figures 1 and 2 show an elevation of the front and rear side of the cardprovided at the side of the address window with the exchangeable insert,

Figure 3 is a cross-section of this embodiment,

Figures 4 and 5 show an elevation of the front and rear sides of a cardprovided with an exchangeable insert extending along substantially thewhole length.

The address card of usual dimensions produced from pasteboard or similarmaterial and prostencil-for duplicating an address or the like whichskin is stuck onto the edges 3 surrounding the window, and on the otherside the frame or pocket for the exchangeable inserts is disposed.

According to theembodiment by way of eX- ample, according to Figures 1,2 and 3, this casing or frame is constructed as follows: Upon cuttingout the main window the part 4 'of the center portion, indicated in Fig.2 by dot-anddash lines and corresponding in width to the width of theuncut part of the card, is bent about the edge 5 into the position shownin full lines and indicated by 4 and its free end is fastened to thecard near the edge for example by means of a clip I. The window 6 isvthen out in the pocket or frame so produced and afterwards the looseexchangeable insert member 8, which carries the desired information andwhich may be produced,

'attached to the insert frame.

form the main window, is inserted. As stated,

this insert may also be made of another material,

to that described above, that is to say the part i -is;

cut out of the center portion and is bent from the position 4' shown inFig. 5 by dot-and-"das'h lines 7 about the-edge 5 into the fully drawnposition indicated by 4, its edgebeing connected to'the card near itslower edge, for example by means of a clip 1. The pocket or framewhich'is' thus open at both ends is provided with windows 6, which maybe cut out and the exchangeable insert 8 may subsequently be slid intothe frame and carries information extending along the whole line.

It is to be understood that the embodiments described by way of exampleonly inno way limit the invention whichmaybe carried out with variousmodifications without departing from'its scope. Thus the pocket orframe-for the exchangeable insert may, for example, as already stated,be produced as a separate piece and may nc-connected or fastened'ito thewre'maininggpart of the card iniany suitable manner. Furthermore, thematerial of thecardof the pocket or frame or of the exchangeable insertmay be of any suitable material. r

forexample, from the waste material out out to I claimzn n 1. In anindex card, a body of sheet material having, a thickened'margin, saidbody having a strip cut on three sides and foldedback upon itself toform a pocket and to leave a window through the body, means to secure"the free end of the strip to the body, said pocket having an openingthrough its walls as a window, and an exchangeableinsert member looselyheld in said pocket.

2. 'In an index c ardfa body of' sheet material having a thickenedmargin, said body having a strip cut on three sides and. folded backupon itself to'form' a pocket and to leave a window through the body,means to secure the free end of the strip tothe'body, said pocket havingan opening through its walls as a window, and an exchangeable insertmember loosely retained in said pocket by overhanging portions of saidthickened margin. I I

3. In an indexacard, a-gbody ofrsheet material having a thickenedmarginservingas a'framerin the mid-planeof which margin th-ebody'properlies, said body proper having, adjacentv one end of theframe,a'windowandhaving adjacent the other end of the frame a pocket, saidpocket ly ing within the planes of the front and back faces of theframe, said'pocket having an opening through the same-constituting awindow, and

a card in said pocket, held against accidental removal by adjacentoverhangingportions of the frame;

EDMUND T. BONDY BEY.

